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Mike Cabahttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_cc9ce3fa-9715-401e-aa7d-24496c04ac4eWed, 22 Dec 2010 17:44:54 -0500Mike Cabahttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_cc9ce3fa-9715-401e-aa7d-24496c04ac4ehttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_cc9ce3fa-9715-401e-aa7d-24496c04ac4e#commenthttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=cc9ce3fa-9715-401e-aa7d-24496c04ac4eJoseph A. Lenard on The Christmas Myth as Displayed by the American AtheistsAs usual, another very good article, Gordon. Thanks for writing it. I also appreciated your reference in paragraph # 5 to a very interesting article attributed to Dr. Kenneth E. Bailey, which is reproduced in Bible and Spade (Fall 2007). However, it seems to me that the referenced article really does not support your statement that, &quot;Dr. Luke says that Lord Jesus was born in a stable that was in a cave under a house. . .&quot; Bailey's conclusion at the end of referenced article states, &quot;His birth most likely took place in the natural place for a peasant to be born---in a peasant home.&quot; In the article, Bailey states that the manger was most likely in the depressed area inside the main room of the home, where animals were kept at nights. It seems to me that in the Bailey article, he, in fact, dismisses the cave thesis. Did I miss something? Thank you.https://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_ab1763a4-ee06-46a0-abe5-cbd947bc111f
Joseph A. Lenardhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_ab1763a4-ee06-46a0-abe5-cbd947bc111fFri, 24 Dec 2010 14:11:43 -0500Joseph A. Lenardhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_ab1763a4-ee06-46a0-abe5-cbd947bc111fhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_ab1763a4-ee06-46a0-abe5-cbd947bc111f#commenthttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=ab1763a4-ee06-46a0-abe5-cbd947bc111fE. Harding on The Christmas Myth as Displayed by the American AtheistsIt should be noted that the National Geographic article nowhere declares David to be nonexistent-in fact, it explicitly states: &quot;To the minimalists, David and Solomon were simply fictitious characters. The credibility of that position was undercut in 1993, when an excavation team in the northern Israel site of Tel Dan dug up a black basalt stela inscribed with the phrase &quot;House of David.&quot; The article's main message is only that it is uncertain whether David and Solomon ruled a large portion of the territory between Dan and Beersheba. This message is most likely wrong, sites like Taanach and Arad are near fatal to Finkelstein's low chronology. The mines at Khirbet en-Nahas are most likely evidence of Davidic and later Judean administration- not of Edomite statehood.https://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_68c45aa3-643e-4904-ae4e-2c395e47926d
E. Hardinghttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_68c45aa3-643e-4904-ae4e-2c395e47926dSat, 01 Jan 2011 17:50:14 -0500E. Hardinghttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_68c45aa3-643e-4904-ae4e-2c395e47926dhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_68c45aa3-643e-4904-ae4e-2c395e47926d#commenthttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=68c45aa3-643e-4904-ae4e-2c395e47926dCharles Michael Lassiter on The Christmas Myth as Displayed by the American AtheistsGood observations Gordon, so many people get Biblical stories wrong because they don't study the text for themselves. There is an excellent article I just read in the V17 N 5 2010 edition of Archaeological Diggings, called the Sothic Cycle Recycled. This is the Australian Seventh Day Adventist Archaeology magazine by acclaimed Archaeologist David Downes, an expert who has written a number of books on reconciling the Biblical and Egyptian chronologies. He verifies that there is no solid basis for the Egyptian chronology and that the Biblical chronology, if corrected would put David in the Middle Bronze period, not the Iron Age. No wonder the secularists can never find anything Biblical, they are always looking in the wrong time period. The battle rages on !! He points out that all the Egyptian chronology is based on astronomical fixed points that are not really fixed; not to mention errors in the number of calendar days. Its a good read. Oh my, we live in the MIS-INFORMATION age !!
Blessings,
Charles Michael Lassiterhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_0f1a68c4-5f04-41ef-a217-a7c0800ed16e
Charles Michael Lassiterhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_0f1a68c4-5f04-41ef-a217-a7c0800ed16eWed, 12 Jan 2011 04:39:46 -0500Charles Michael Lassiterhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_0f1a68c4-5f04-41ef-a217-a7c0800ed16ehttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_0f1a68c4-5f04-41ef-a217-a7c0800ed16e#commenthttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=0f1a68c4-5f04-41ef-a217-a7c0800ed16ePaul Quinton on The Christmas Myth as Displayed by the American AtheistsThank you for the article, but I fail to see why the atheist's depiction is any less &quot;wrong&quot; than the mangers and nativity scenes erected all over America.
If you wish accuracy, how many wise men would be there?
It strikes me that the atheists designed a sign that everyone would recognise, and in that, they succeeded. The fact that the enlightening comments above also show that no one is quite sure what the real depiction should be, perhaps this indicates that the symbolism of the scene is sufficient for all.
Yes, there is a sad lack of knowledge about the real life and times of Jesus Christ and research often upsets preconceived notions and requires a change of belief in the accuracy of some Biblical statements; changes that the majority are quite unwilling to make.https://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_10b707c3-a180-455a-a208-d44cca0e1a80
Paul Quintonhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_10b707c3-a180-455a-a208-d44cca0e1a80Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:04:45 -0500Paul Quintonhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/pingback.axdhttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_10b707c3-a180-455a-a208-d44cca0e1a80https://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2010/12/21/The-Christmas-Myth-as-Displayed-by-the-American-Atheists.aspx#id_10b707c3-a180-455a-a208-d44cca0e1a80#commenthttps://www.biblearchaeology.org/syndication.axd?post=10b707c3-a180-455a-a208-d44cca0e1a80